4.  The applicant was born in 1973 and lives in Križ.
5.  On 8 March 2000 the Ivanić Grad Municipal Court (Općinski sud u Ivanić Gradu) gave judgment ordering a certain S.R. to pay the applicant 9,600 German marks (DEM). The judgment became final and enforceable on 17 June 2000.
6.  On 28 November 2001 the applicant sought enforcement of the above judgment. On 7 December 2001 the Sisak Municipal Court (Općinski sud u Sisku) issued an enforcement order. It decided to seize S.R.'s movable property and sell it at a public auction. On 5 March 2002 the applicant informed the court that he advanced the costs of the proceedings.
7.  The court bailiff attempted to conduct the first on-site inspection on 22 April 2002, but S.R. was not found on the address provided by the applicant. His parents, I. and J.R., informed the bailiff that S.R. had not lived at that address for the past three years.
8.  The court scheduled another on-site inspection for 3 September 2002. However, the court bailiff could not enter S.R.'s house, because it was locked. On 4 September 2002 the applicant asked the court to set another date for the bailiff's intervention with the assistance of the police and the locksmith. He also requested temporary seizure of S.R.'s passport.
9.  On 2 October 2002 the court held a hearing. It invited the applicant to again advance the costs and scheduled another on-site inspection for 30 October 2002. The inspection again failed since S.R.'s house was locked. On 4 November 2002 the applicant requested the temporary seizure of S.R's passport.
10.  The court scheduled yet another on-site inspection for 3 February 2003, with the assistance of the police and a locksmith. On that date, the court bailiff entered S.R.'s house and seized the following movables: two motorbikes, a lawnmower, a welding machine, a TV and a stereo. One day later, the applicant repeated his request for seizure of the passport.
11.  On 13 February 2003 the debtor's parents as third parties filed an objection against the enforcement on the seized movables, claiming they were the owners of the seized property which could therefore not be the object of enforcement. On 22 May 2003 the court invited the applicant to respond to the objection raised. Eight days later the applicant did so by contesting the third parties' allegations.
12.  On 9 January 2004 the applicant repeated his request for temporary seizure of S.R.'s passport. Finally, on 2 March 2004 the court dismissed the applicant's motion in this respect. On appeal, on 4 October 2004 the second-instance court upheld the first-instance decision finding that the seizure of the passport was not allowed under the legislation in force.
13.  On 25 February 2005 the court inquired with the police about S.R.'s place of residence. The police replied that S.R. left for Germany.
14.  Subsequently, on 25 March 2005 the applicant invited the court to continue with the enforcement on the seized movables.
15.  On 2 November 2005 the court instructed S.R.'s parents, to institute separate civil proceedings to declare the enforcement on the seized movables inadmissible. The third parties did so and it would appear that those proceedings are still pending.